Nepalese

[ nep-uh-leez, -lees ]

adjective

of or relating to Nepal, its inhabitants, or their language.

noun,plural Nep·a·lese for 2.

a native or inhabitant of Nepal.
Nepali (def. 1).

Origin of Nepalese

First recorded in 1810–20; Nepal + -ese

usage note For Nepalese

Nepalese is used as a plural noun (a candidate favored by the Nepalese ), but it's relatively rare as a singular noun (the candidate who is a Nepalese ).

Words Nearby Nepalese

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How to use Nepalese in a sentence

Every high school needs a Sarah Quintenz, who updates the English-language learner curriculum because “what worked for Nepalese students didn’t always work for Syrian kids.”
At a Chicago high school, helping refugee students navigate American life | Martha Toll | August 27, 2021 | Washington Post
Children of a Nepalese father and foreign-born mother are granted citizenship by descent while children of a Nepalese mother and foreign-born father are not.
Slave 4 U: Britney Spears & Conservatorship | Sean Culligan | June 21, 2021 | Ozy
He was leading a rope-fixing team of 11 Sherpas, according to the Nepalese guide company Seven Summit Treks.
Kami Rita Sherpa Just Broke His Own Everest Record | Alan Arnette | May 12, 2021 | Outside Online
At the end of last week, the Nepalese government closed the airport to all flights but two a day to India, stranding many visitors.
Kami Rita Sherpa Just Broke His Own Everest Record | Alan Arnette | May 12, 2021 | Outside Online
Also like India, the Nepalese government had allowed mass gatherings and resisted lockdowns, and was criticized for opening its side of Mount Everest to bring in tourists.
Indians Run for the Exits, Taking COVID Risks With Them to Nepal, Dubai From a Dying Nation | Barbie Latza Nadeau | May 7, 2021 | The Daily Beast

“GNRD has zealously fought to eliminate abuse of Nepalese migrant workers in Qatar,” the organization said in a statement.
World Cup Watchdogs Go Missing in Qatar | Nina Strochlic | September 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
It also has a nasty civil rights record of expelling its Nepalese minority of the country.
In the Future We'll All Be Renters: America's Disappearing Middle Class | Joel Kotkin | August 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Jonas Fleury used to sell homemade liquor and food to the Nepalese soldiers.
United Nations Still Denies its Troops Brought Cholera to Haiti | Jonathan M. Katz | April 4, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
Long-eared statues show Nepalese influence, even the Buddhist images being girt with the sacred cord of Brahma.
Through the Malay Archipelago | Emily Richings
Some of the inhabitants of Phari say that it was built more than a hundred years ago, when the Nepalese were overrunning Sikkim.
The Unveiling of Lhasa | Edmund Candler
He says that the Nepalese highly prize this little animal for its services in ridding houses of rats.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon | Robert A. Sterndale
Cardamoms are a valuable crop in the same locality, and also in the Nepalese Himalayas.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 4 | Various
They were very hardy and got on well with the Tibetans, who were always rather suspicious of our Nepalese coolies.
Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 | Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury

British Dictionary definitions for Nepalese

Nepalese

/ (ˌnɛpəˈliːz) /

adjective

of or relating to Nepal or its inhabitants

nounplural -ese

a native or inhabitant of Nepal

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